The Blind Sea

Winner of Impact Story Award, Portuguese Surf Film Festival

Australian Directors' Guild – FINALIST Best Direction of a Debut Feature

Sydfney Film Festival – FINALIST – Documentary Australia Award

Australia Screen Sound Guild – FINALIST – MassiveMusic for Best Sound for a Documentary

THE BLIND SEA is an inspirational and breathtaking documentary about Australian Matt Formston, 3x World Champion blind surfer. Diagnosed with Macular Dystrophy at age five, Matt shares some of his processes that have enabled him to succeed at the highest level- both in and out of the water, despite facing a lifetime of judgement and prejudice. This thought-provoking account explores the remarkable career of one of the greatest blind surfers of all time. With only 3% vision remaining, Matt aims to inspire the next generation. With insights from World Champions Layne Beachley AO, Sam Bloom, Joel Parkinson and big wave legends Lucas ‘Chumbo’ Chianca and Dylan Longbottom, the film follows Matt around the world, as he pushes his mettle to the limits and attempts his most fearsome and dangerous challenge yet, breaking the world record for a blind surfer and surfing the monster waves of Nazaré.
GenresFeature Documentary
DirectorDaniel Fenech
CastMatt Formston, Dylan Longbottom, Layne Beachley, Sam Bloom, Lucas "Chumbo" Chianca
LanguageEnglish
SubtitlesEnglish
Runtime94 mins
Available1 Nov 2026
TerritoriesWorldwide excluding Australia, New Zealand, East Timor, Norfolk Island, Papua New Guinea (including Bougainville, New Britain, New Ireland and Admiralty Islands), Vanuatu, Solomon Islands, Ashmore and Cartier Islands, Christmas Islands, Republic of Fiji, Kingdom of Tonga, Cook Islands, Independent State of Samoa, Kiribati (includes Phoenix Islands), Tuvalu, Nauru, New Caledonia, Tokelau Islands.

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